Wrestling Will Soon
Get Into The
Limelight
VOL. XIII. No. 16
TO TRAIN ARMY MEN IN
INDUSTRIAL OCCUPATIONS
Detachments" of Over 1000 Men To Be
Here For Three to Six Weeks
Courses During 'Summer
MAY DECIDE THE STUDENT
SUMMER SESSION QUESTION
Another blanch of service for the
gmernment will be stalled by Penn
State next month when woik tall
begin on the itaininci of a pat t of
200,000 men for war service, IA here
special industlial tiaming is required.
The hawing till not be 01 an educa
tional nature, but the idea that will be
followed Is to ttain certain men to do
certain work, {Veil The men who will
be sent hei e for the courses will come
from the National Army, the enlisted
men, or ftom members of class 1 in the
draft who desire to take the naming
Then coming w ill probably definitely
decide the question of the student sum
mer session
The possibility of the college under
taking this great task %vas first known
alien Pi ofessot C 1. Kinstoe, of the
Depaitment of Elects [cal Engineeting.
am, asked at the meeting of the Pelletal
Timid of Vocational Tianung at IVash
ington last %%eel:, whether Penn State
a cold be willing to do some a ork of a
glade somewhat lower than the regulat
college work, and if necessary abolish
any tegular college walk that might
inteifete. In I espouse to this query Mr
Kinsloe gave an unqualified affirmative
answer, which was alum oved by Pi est
dent Sparks The meeting was attended
by about eighty representatives of the
technical colleges of Priletleaily all the
State, of the Colon, and the war De
partment was represented by officers
from the Demutments of the Chief of
Staff. Adjutant General, Provost Ma
shall Genordi, and the new Peisonnel
Maid of the Aim
To In.troet in 3lany Line.,
The plan in a few 1% OldS V. , to give
Instruction In about twenty-seven dif
ferent lines to fl om 1100 to 1200 men at
a time, in courses varying from three
to sis weeks in length. and starting
31a} 1. In the meantime, Item een elt
nunry and May 1, a smaller ,number
of men tAilrbe hel e, consisting of thase
who have had some experience iu some
cei tam line of win k. These men 'will
be tiained by competent instructois,
and hill act as instructot s themselves,
or at least as assistants, after Alal. I
%%hen the large numbets begin to to n lye
About eighty-live occupations and
tiade; the ins (dyed, but State mill en
deavor to tram men in only 27 of these.
Automobile repairing, building, electric
al, mechanical, ci‘il„ lumber, mming,
and metal V orkers nodes are among
some of the more Important ocrupations
to be represented. The plans foi the
com ,, e call for instruction in all
blanches of Indust] y that may be use
ful to an an my . . The War Depot Uncut
Is now-pi eparing a bill for introduction
into Congress, asking for the necessary
611115 to carry out the nail:, and it is
likeh that, should the bill pass the
lust men from the cantonments will
airive in rein nal y, although the
lalge numbers will not come till after
the thst of May. Penn State is particu
huly well tilted fen the moil: at the
present tune, in vie‘‘ of the fact that
mith college, closing in April, and with
the probability of there not being a
summer sellout for teacher,. all tacit
ales will be available for call ying on
inns won k
Faeult3 to be in Cita' gi
The teaching staff of the college
lie utilized for the can ving on of this •
ttolk. With the assistance of those men
ii ho hate had previous expel Mime in
certain lines, and who take some train
ing between February 1 and May 1, and
With the assista nee of expert workmen
and mechanics, who will be employed
by the college for this pm pose. For
instance, in stoi age batten i (mailing,
the assistance of the repair men in the
garages in State College and Bellefonte
may possibly be t educated, or in the
case of carpenter mg the head carpenter
of the college will mobably be impress
ed into set vice.
The Acetylene Company ul
M offeled
any lICCO.SqfiI y parts of its equipment to
the colleges for the purposes of instruc
tion m welding The need of welders
will be keenly felt, if mol 0 are not
trained It has been stated by the
Acetylene company that they know of
but twelve expert weideis In the
tountiy. is ho ale qualified to weld any
metal Thei e many is elders in the
eountry, but they are uslnedi k in iselduig
With certain metals only
Ti cui endow: Ta%k
It Is a ti emendous work which the
colleges of the counts V have nuclei tak
en, since the trade schools cannot meet
so gi eat a demand, and the War De
pal Intent has found it impossible to
offer the work at the cantonments on
“C(1112)t of lack of equipment. The
RI eaten pact of the studs here will fall
to the School of Engineering. although
the Shools of Mines and Natural
Science. and the Department of Fores
y Vu❑ he asked to Like charge of
eel tam lines, such as mining, forestry,
etc. -
The men cvho ‘vlll tome here for the
cowl-es M ill be Liken front the enlisted
men and the National Ai my However.
any men bhp are el,i-e,nied in class 1
tong ask to have their standing moved
foruard and be assigned to duty with
one of the classes, if they can pass the
necessary entrance requirements. If
they fail to secure entrance, however,
they beep their old standing with ic
spect to the draft
The entrance i equirements will he
made by the Personnel Boni d, which
V, ill also decide whether or not the in-
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STATE TOO GOOD
FOR LEHIGH FIVE
Stu, t In Line-up Proves Success
ful And Visitors Are Out-classed
—Young / Stars
In ‘‘ hat ma t• he termed the first big
game id the season, the Penn State bas
ketball team ‘‘ on it decisive victory over
Lehigh in the Armory last Jtoad:r•
evening. The final score was 14 to 29
in favor of Captain Blakeslee's aggre
gation and V. bile the game was inter
esting throughout. the I and White
live was 11 , 2% Cr in_ danger of losing Its
lead
The game was originally scheduled
to take place Saturday night, but a
miec l ; on the railroad delayed the ar
rival of the Lehigh team until after ten
o'clock that night .As soon as the
Frei-bin:lD game was over, and the
management learned that it would be
impos,ilde to stage the 'varsity game
on time, they decided to call it off and
plaN it on .11oliday. The Lehigh team
was willing .111E1 after getting faculty
permission to temain, they agieed to
play caily - Monday evening.
Slate Shift'. tine•up
Penn State pi esented a shift in the
line-up at the start of the game, Blakes
lee jumping con tot, Wolfe shifting back
to go lid and Young goin in at forward.
The new combination Nsorked very well,
and the team looked better than it has
in any game this year. Young in par
ticular, played a line game, being high
sole° , fipin tbe nomr with seven \ lifts-
Volfe - Was a close second with
I'm the lust time'this year, Captain
Itlfikeslee showed a Illish'•of his real
form, and he not only blanked ,the
uP
posinv centei, but lie scored four goals
himself' Ifls woik limn the foul line
al,n showed ii deeicled improvement, foi•
he made good on eight ouut of twelve
ett(•iilpts
:•,11•11 tub 'I) ies Ilaril
rol the visitot 8, - Sti nab was the star
pet termer. His three held goals were
Coly in tied on 141 , ,t Page
Glee Club Concert
Sunday Afternoon
The second of the Sunday afternoon
mush al collect Is will be given in the
Audttorium next Sunday afternoon at.
3-30 by the C:lce Club. The concert by
the oichestia last Sunday was well at
tended and in onounced very good Miss
Mai garet Itakcfr, 'IS gave seveitil pleas
ing itadings.
An elaborate progiam has been pre
pared for next Sunday's concert. Miss
Emiii,t Mess, soprano, will supplement
the Glee Cluli_Miss Mess is Nom -Wil
hamspoit whet e she is super visor of
Music in - the public schools She has
studied abroad and in New York. She
also sings for the Edi s on Phonogiaph
Company Itrofessor Marshman will
read and thole will be a violin duet by
Mrs Rulenoin and her pupil, Charles
Plonk 'lO
Owing to the shortening of the seines
to the Glee Chili Lillis hive been con
densed. The Glee Club will take the
top to Reading and Lock Haven dor
nig Eastei lleek end Thole may tuts
slid\ lie .t trip to Oil City and Erie
immedidtely after college closes.
The Girls' Glee Club trip has been
postponed until the close of college.
PLAN TO EXEMPT AG.
STUDENTS FROM DRAFT
Dean Watts was in Washington last
Satin da v attending a confer ence called
by Prosulent Thompson of Ohio State
University. Chan man of the Executive
Committee of the Association of Amer
ign Agricultural Colleges and Experi
ment Stations The conference was
called to consider defei i ed classification
of lig: hail tin al teachers, research men,
extension NVOI hers and Upperclassmen
of ow 'cultural colleges The plan pro-
Poqed nits to place these men as soon
as they are di afted into Class Four,
pi ovule(' that those in authority believe
they me essential to active food pro
duction work. If these, men ale con
:Adel ed essential they would be assigned
definite work, satisfactory probably to
disti let boa rcls which would he insti
tuted to take case of the work:
This scheme apparently
. has the ap
ps oval of the Sem etary or Am icultuie
and War. and of Ceneial Crowder. It
has not, however, been ollicially acted
upon. The agt icultural departments
are l‘oi king to obtain the same privi
lege which has been granted to engi
neering students. There is no place in
the army in which the agricultural
student can use his knowledge to the
best advantage..
m It is to obtain his.ex
emption from military duty, so that he
may work in the fields and supply food
to the army that the conference was
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BASEBALL MAY
NOT BE PLAYED
Team To Decide If They Wish To
Play—lnter-class Games As
Since the shortening, of the college
tear and the ',tactical elimination of a
Isaseball season thereby, all Penn State
students are beginning to wonder wheth
er or not the Blue and White will lie
'presented by a baseball nine this sea
son The baseball schedule, as in iginal
ly ant. aged for the in esent college 3 ea!,
ha, been cal / welled and at the present
time thes e is not one game scheduled
tar Int! •ta rsity. At all events, ther e
m ill he no paid coach this season. so
"Dick" I larle3 will not return this
Several things are certain thus far
Penn State bill not take a southern
till) In inlet to condition the team, and
if 't.o sit> baseball is to play het e .at all,
the pla3eis %%ill theimllves decide at a
meeting ahieli will be called 1)3 Captain
Wheeling within a week or two - It is
quite probaoie that there will be no
'varsity baseball at all, as college will
close so early that the team NVIII have
hardly had a chance for outdoor io actice,
'l'lle %%wine' Is 210 mice' taln prli
that all would be scheduled at
ain e•at ' isk, and unless the ma iorlt of
plain farm farm a few home games in ,t
betone tae close of college, 'varsit3 base-
I):) i, will lie eliminated for the pt esent
Si',
Ir the players decide in favor of a fen
games for the season, teams from col
leges nearby will be scheduled This,
together with the decision to have no
pain coach, will cut the expenses to a
minimum and at the same time furnish
the team some strong opposition. It Is
quite lihely that the games will be
scheduled for the commencement period,
and thus all commencement visitors
will be enabled to enjoy the events
Should baseball lie played bete, Penn
State is cute to be I epresented I* a
good nine for the season, as the Fresh
man team of last year will furnish some
likely nmteriai ui ilrumbaugh.
Meal kle, Mullan, Wolfe and Jahn, as
well as a large number of others who
n (mid greatly strengthen the infield anti
outfield AlcKelvey, who has lett col
lege, looked like a stile bet tot the in
itial .-ack There are also a number of
the 'Narsity of last tear still in college,
Johnson, Captain Wheeling, Mingle,
Coolidge, mid Unimley being in this list.
Intel class baseball will be encouraged
to a greater extent this year than ever
befoie, and the members of the 'varsity
team have consented to .11E1 m the
coaching of the various class teams.
This will insure great interest in the
eontests, as hei etofoi e little time was
given to coaching any but the Fresh
man class team The gymnasium will
be available for indoor practice to the
team...if the 'varsity does not play, and
this will enable the interclass games le
get an early start. It is probable that
an Interclass Championship game will
be played during the commencement
period, and with this point in view it
Ismuite eertain that all the classes will
take a maximum of laciest in the con
tests and will maintain this interest
until the final championship game is
played.
Summer Semester
Still Uncertain
As .1 further step toward establishing
a stnnmer term for the present .Itinans I
and SophOlnores in the schools of 113n
gmem ing, Alining and Nattnal Science,
with a view to graduating,' the former
next January and thus releasing them
for goveinment work, the deans of
these schools :ire at present taking a
census of the men enrolled under therm
to lied how many could and would/ be
willing to adopt the plan. -
As outlined last week, the plan is to
star t '.i new semester on flay first for
the classeii specified. The agricultural
and labetAl Arts students would be ex
cluded. The semester would end about
the noddle of August, and then after a
month of vacation, the second semes
ter would start at the time college
would regularly open in the fall. The
second lei n would thus end in January
and the Seniors would receive their
diplomas, while the Juniors would be
come Semois. Then if the plan conl
tinned, the lie\ t. class would graduate
in the following August
however, unless the specified classes
nue almost unanimous in, agreeing ,to
the plan, it is hardly possible that it will
I be carried out, for' it. would cause - too
I mat nt all isms in the Senior and Junior
I classes. The deans hope to complete
the census before, the meeting of the
titi , ,tees, when the plan will be officially
considered. However, there apPear to
Ibe many complications that will have to
I be settled.
Course for Teachers
If it is decided to start a team on May
first, a special course in the Liberal
Arts School will he (aimed for teachers
in the public , schools of the state to
Prepai e them for taking the places
higher up which have been vacated by
men called into goveinment service.
This course will he supplementary to
the regular summer session which will
be held as usual. The latter offers
still further obstruction to the carrying
out of the plan for a summer term to
the College yea], because of the number
- of Dist' uetors that will be needed.
EM Mal
PAY CLASS DUES ~"
All el,t,s dues ai e payable in the hall
of Old Main all day today and this
evening from six to eight at. the Co-op.
Semoi class dues will also he received
on Saturday night from six to eight at
the Co-op. Dues_must be paid within
ten days after the opening of the seines
ter, or fi fine of $l.OO will be added. The
budget for each class has been appor
tioned as follows:
Seniors - $2.50
Juniors
Sophomores . 52.00
Freshman sl.7i
HARD SCHEDULE
FOR TRACK TEAM
Men Being • Excused From Drill
Fel. Track—Many Stars Have
Left College
dint what track events will he run
off doting the pi esent season are not
now definitely known, but Manager
Denny has been working hard to secure
some interesting competion for his team.
Since the shortening of the college year
much spectibitin» has been made as to
i‘hethet Oleic. would be_ any meets
aha LI.Vel The management. has tenth-
Lyelx arranged several in ter eating
meets, and whether or nut the - Blue
and \Vlnte track men will compete in
them will he definitely known soon. It
is Yet y probable that a team will be
entered in the competition al Madison
Square (arden, the Meadowbrook Club
meet and the Penn Relays, and possibly
t Come)!
A southern trip is also contemplated
before the closing of the college year,
but this is only tentatively fixed This
ip i 1.13 consist of meets with the Mil
-1 veisity of Vfiginia, Vuginia Polytechnic
instuute and Heorgetown University or
John Hopkins.
The track management plans to at'-
' tant,e much Indoot ' competition and
:Jilans ate maim way whet eby the Ai.-
, nun 3 will be banked and the meets held
thmem. It is planeed to hold sevetal
interclass Meets, as well as a Freshman-
Sophomot e meet. Arrangements have
been made by Coach Martin whereby
Maim Jta3 lies will excuse all men from
Mill who will train Mr neck on the
coin he under McAllister Hall daily A
serge mt has heen detailed there to
keep a recut d of all the men competing,
.11141 thus all Men %1 110 tt 1511 to try out
toi tiack ate given the opportunity .
There are several large gaps in the
'N'atiot.3 tiaek team which must be filled
by men fl oil the Sophomme or Junior
Masses "Dick" Shiner, - the speedy
two-lintel,' has enlisted in an engineer
ing unit and is lost to the team. Just
ho will he able to 1111 this gap is not
yet known, but new contenders have an
excellent opportunity to hold this berth
The pole vault is anuthei weak position
tin the team at present, as Runyan has
lett college leaving practically no one to
till hi; place ThIS betth lays open to
a new competitor who is able to show
up the best, The track team is prac
tically built up around Canzmuller at
the present time, with several bright
lights of the Sophomore class holding
thew own. The silk-put and discuss
classes are both open and men will have
to develohed 1.)!, ,, E0rie1l Mat tin from
the candidates who report for training.
It is not known what chances Penn
State has on the cinder path year,
but it .
practically certain that the
itlue and White will have a team on a
pat xvitli other colleges. Cornell has
about four hundred men competmg tor
(tack .
1.-C. WRESTLING
MEET OF INTEREST
Seniors and Sophomores Look
Most Promising—Neolan Will
Return To College
..
The Interclass Wrestling Meet which
is scheduled to take place on Friday
evening, January 25, in the Armory is
beginning to attract much attention
and indications point to some hot con
tests. The Sophomoi es and Seniors
seem to have the edge on the other two
classes, but. the Freshmen have a prom
ising team and a surprise may be
spiting at this meet The Juniors have
at present only four promising men in
Leete. tubo In all probability will wrestle
ui th 125-pound class; pabcock. who
will hold down the 135-pound berth;
'l'ei rdl. N\ ho will wrestle 145-pound
class; and Locke, who is the only candi
date for the heim,meight class. At the
present time there are no othei Junto' a
tun king for berths on the team and it
is quite probable that the Junior man
agement will issue a call for candidates
at the beginning of the week.
It is believed that the lei eshmen and
Sophomores will be represented by the
same teams that competed in the recent
Sophimmi e-Freshman sciap, and the
teams will line-up as follows' 115-,
pound class—Gal bet , Sophomores;
Maxey or Watson, Freshmen, 125-
pound class—Dettar, Sophomores,
lereshmrn; 135-pound
Dale, Sophomores; Moore, Freshmen,
115-pound class—McCool, Sophomot es,
Holmes, Freshmen; I SS-pound class—
flown, Sophomores, Stubbs, Ft eshmen;
heavy‘‘eight- 7 1tiebe, Sophomores, and
Stubbs, lereshrt2en
The Seniors will ha 'se a very repre
sentative tram when they appeal on-the
mat with Gonzales in the. 115-pound
elasq, Horst in the 125-pound class;
(Con linned on last page)
.JUNIATA COMES NEXT ON
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE I NIT!) ENT 11111 ECM RI ES ON SA I, E
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,peared here (slily in December in, the I extra ytpies n emaming after all sub
9-pcpum grne ofpresent season,,an'd ' scriber , . were supplied through the
they lost to to Blue and ,‘Vhite by
it mails, and are being sold •at a low
.• t
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had rely Wactice previous to the 1 Every student
game, and the return engagement this t this directory.
week Is sure to to a, mole stubborn con
test
The shifted 1
Lehigh game to
lie thelogical
injurielli they .:
mauling games,
tain Blakesleel
stand the stri
play the pivot
!Ine-up that started the
r'Penn State appears to
ambulation' and barring
ro _
. bld start in the re
-1 f the schedule. If Cap
,
injured shoulder can directory, to ..
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DR. BOUCKE TELLS OF •
COMING COLLECTIVISM
Points Out That Prime Object Is the Promotion of Public Welfare
By Objective Standards—Discusses War and Government in
_Present Crisis—First of a Series of War Articles
(Editor's Note:—This is the first of a series of articles covering
different phases of the world war and its ultimate results from various
viewpoints, written for the COLLEGIAN by faculty members well
fitted for the purpose. The subjects are chosen by the authors, and
one article-will appear each week, taking up matters that are of vital
importance to college men.)
('oLLEcTivism
IS ) Dr. 0. F. liouchp,
(As',oeinto Professor of Economic:?
Collectivism is a big void, but words,
no matter how formutble they look or
sound, should not frighten us, It is
works that count, in one sense, and not
words; it is
_concepts that count, In an
other sense, and not words, The gi eat
est ideas may be expressed in simple
wui ds The most abstruse term is nothing
but the professional's crafty way of
keeping his counsel while spreading, it
before the uninitiated Students lwe so
they may define their terms, while the
unthinking ale sousfled with baubles
and pictures.
The War has hrOUght many (Mea
t:nos to the fore becauseithe necessity
of winning in the face oareat obstacles
has Imompted us to resort to heroic
measures and brand new principles, re
spectively experiments. One of the
ineeevlents recently established pal Oc
ularly in this country is the power of
the Congt ess to Intel fere a ith eel thin
rights that hcoetofore were deemed ir
revocably individual. Our government
has enlaiged its functions and so given
us that feeling that possibly not all
things ate as they should be, or that
policies are being inaugurated which
we shall do well to weigh seriously aftei
the am* People ask Must this •fiort
of paternalism go on? Aie we getting
away from detnociacy? Should not
the innovations he temporary so that
the individual self may act as of old and
entry hallowed' liberties?
Spirit of Indli !dualism
individualism is the assertion of the
self as to opinion and interests, &Met
when they accord with those of our
fellowmen or even when they do not
The theory speaks of self-realization
to the gi cutest good of all, but that
conflicts may exist between individuals
and groups is nut always ignoted, in
which case theorists ut times sanction
the struggle as a wholesome form of
enter tainment, if not progress. Col
lectivism is the doctrine of mutual aid
and combined effort under - due regard
fin clashing _ wishes and needs, the
pi line desideratum being the promotion
of public nteifare by objective standards
rathei than the gratification of the self.
Patel nalism is government' by experts
in all fields of endeavor, for the purpose
of fostering this same welfare of society
MID-WINTER-ELECTIONS
OF PHI KAPPA PHI
Only Half Number Usually Se
lected at This Time Chosen Due
-
To Amendment
Fourteen members of the Senior class
were Meid ed to membership in Phi
Kappa Phi. the honorary scholarship
fraternity, last evening. Of this num
ber, five were women and nine were
men students. Tliii number represents
five per cent, which islialf as many as
were previously admitted at this time,
because of the change in the constitu
tion,_ which went into effect last Sep
tembet. Another five per cent will be
elected at the commencement in Apt il.
Es en ivitli this decrease, Penn State
admits mole than most. of the other
college chapters, and with this smaller
number of elections, :t higher honor is
ai l :Jelled to the election. The section
of the constitutions referring to this
mum non cads:
Section 3, Article 11. Candidates for
the Bachelor's degree shall be eligible
to membeiship as follows: "On pi omo-
Lion to senior lank, those ranking in the
upper one-twentieth of the class: at the
end of the second semester of the senior
year an additional number so as to in
clude the upper one-tenth of the class
In case a fraction equal 'to one-half
shall oVelll in the computation, the
newt highest %%hole number shall be
adopted- _ _
The names of the new membeia
elected last evening ac e as follows:
Hari y Aaron
(:eot ge Paul Bodnar
Carl Enc . :mg Charles
Lathe! Sheeleigh es:Alma
Stanley John C.zat neck!
Arthtn trent y Doyle
. .‘to,9 Dorothea D Paekenthal
Miss Edna R. Clean
Plorenee I. Hall
John lera nets limy
Robe; t Donald Lett o(
Cliffoid Augustine Nickle
Victor Lowy Nickle
Nliy, l• Zimmerman
A 'BARGAIN
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to students for the next few days. The
remaining fifteen issues of the paper
(a full half year's subscription), to
gether with a free copy of the Student
total value of 86 cents, will
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tart 4
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at large Pater is the Latin word for
father. The idea evidently is that gov
nment acts like a father for his
family, the difference being mainly
that children cannot choose their par
ents—at times an unfortunate thing—
while a nation always select its govern
ors—at times an unfortunate thing, too!
lndividualigm is as old as mankind
and history. Theie is no use talking
'about particular laces or associating
!the thing with recent times. It is
human na tuft: to assert itself and to
clamor for the unattainable. We all
%%WI our wants satisfied even though
others may suffer by it Indeed, the
man that prefers his own death to
!either in body or as an economist or
idealist. Life forsooth is a battle' But
‘xe may battle so as let live, as well
as with murderous intent. The sprit
of nubvidualism ixas first inquired into
by the Cheeks, those doubters and
doctors of the vi . ored's right and wrong.
Then go Boni Pato to the Cyrenmes,
, to the Renaissance and to the Reforma
tion, and wind up with what is called
Manche:at ianism Again those long
%%olds! But foi get them all, for they
mei elv refer to the belief that you are
and the "devil take the hindmost."
flu stuff labeled anew, and ovensio»ally
in new bottles!
Grol:di of Goverommil
A new bottle was shaped for old con
tents when machinofactuie took the
place of manufacture. The 'last hun
ed and fifty years have given ue
new economic environment Discov
eries and inventions yielded amazing
tidies\ With N‘ with came widespread
education—the half-way kind for most—
and cities abnorbed a glowing part of
the population. While in medieval days
the manses N‘et e bounden set fs, by the
nineteenth century they became free to
do sm ei al important things which con
stitute your precious "liberties of the
subject." We may make contracts for
exchange of goods and services, reside,
work, and marry where, and what, and
whom we please. The right to vote is
give] . " us to govern ourselves by repre
sentatives. Tha t ls:-!You have the legal
ight. But, alas, the conditions of living
were not so adjusted as to give the
masses inti insic power of mind as well,
to govet n themselves rationally.
Individualism, to put it differently,
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ELSIE BAKER NEXT
IN MUSIC COURSE
Noted Contralto Will Give Recital
In Auditorium On Saturday,
•at 8 O'clock
'rile second number of the enter lain
ment course being conducted by the
Delon tnient of Music and the Y. Al. C.
A will be presented by the Elsie Baker
Company on Saturday evening :u eight
o'clock. She will be accompanied by
William Dui ieux on the 'cello and Axel
SkJerne on the piano.
The name of Miss Elsie Bakei no
doubt carries with it a gi eat deal of
delightful anticipation to music love! s
She is %t !deb known throughout me -
tea, not only for her concert woi k, hut
ako for the large number of records
made for the Victor Talking Machine
Company
iss Ilaltei began .1 promising career
in the chill ch choirs of her native city—
Philadelphia and then went to New
Yin It, w her c her r rch contralto voice
at once at ti acted attention. The upper
hinge of her Iha e has the s‘‘ eetness of
the mezzo-som ano. hence she has often
been called a 1007/0. hut in fact she is
a real contralto. ynging a Var iety of
pal is in ova tot to and °pet a, as well, as
the 11(5101 and arias ut the repel ton e of
the gt eat concert singers.
The cellist, MI Irinicux, is an artist
with an international tnpulat in, hat
ing appeared with the I.amiu eu x 01 -
ehestra of Paris, and in this country
with Walter Da inroseh,
schuler. Victor [III bet t. and x
Fiedler. For some time past he has
been 'cello soloist for the Ka tenhot 11
Stu tog Qua] tette. Skierne, the
plain accompanist. I eceived the gi (site:A
of his education at the Royal
, Consei va tan y of Music ur Denmat lc, and
has ti a yelled extensively as accom
pamst for at Cl eat number of cele
. twitted artists.
The Victoi Talking Machine Com
pany. which has made many records of
hei singing, sacs of her "This young
.0 list is one of the most valued inem 7 _
het of the Victor vocal staff, her fine
voice and excellent diction being uni
versally adinn ed She is gifted with
one of those iarantics cif the musical
orld—a genuine conta alto voice of
great richneta, and esona nee."
I Miss Bake! was a pupil of 1)1. W. W.
IChlchrist and Hairy Gm don Thunder of
Philadelpuhia, and Oscar Saenger, of
New York and has been secured by a
ifashionable Church of the Pilgrims in
IBrooklyn Her concert and oratmio
I work-has stamped her as an attist of
the highest merit.
L ECTU RE BY DEAN BLA ISDELL
On Thursday January 15th, Dean
Blaisdell gave a lecture at the Pitts
\burgh Academy
_of Science and Art.
Ws subject was, "'Ch• War and Educa
tion." _ _ _
The Basketball Team Seems
To Be Hitting Its
Stride
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DOCTOR SPARKS TO
CONFER DEGREES
Mid-year Convocation To Be field
_ This Evening—Dean Holmes
Will Address Graduates
In accordance with the change in the
college year. and the shortening of the
semesters in mire] to enable the `stu
dents to get into agricultural and in
dustrial work as soon as possible, the
first semestei will officially close at live
o'clock this afternoon The mid-year
giailuation esercises will be held at
seven o'clock this evening and the sec
ond tei m w ill suit at eight o'clock to
mon oxv morning
In eliminating the nine between the
semester s, it was necessary to arrange
for the graduation exercises in the even
ing, and they will he simple and to the
point. So speaker from the outside has
been secured, but Dean Holmes will
deli ei the address to the graduates on
a subject of Ins own choosing. The
deans of the viu lons schools will pi e
sent the eambdates for degrees and
Dean llohnes will present the candi
dates for advanced degi cos; while n , r•-•
'dent Sparks %%ill confer the degrees
Doctor Spaiks will be toi ced to leave
inunediately alter his shale in the pro
grant. since he is due ,it Camp Meade
the following night. Because of the
uncertainty of railroad tiayel, he is
planning to go entirely by machine, and
that will necessitate the long night
join ney After th t ee days and nights
at Camp Meade, Dr Sparks will go to
Camp Dix' to continue his talks; and
then after attending the meeting of the
Board of TrnMees and several other
Cimmuttees at liamsbmg, he willre
turn to State College before going on
his lecture tom of the southern ttain
tug camps
To Iteeeil e Degrees
The following is a list of those who
will receive degi ees at the exercises to-
The following lc the list of candi
dates for degi ees to be Presented at
tonight's convocation:--
For AO anted Degree..
Jean Katht ine Baird
George Lielehie Mining Engineer
-Ntedertck Charles Bisque M. S.
For Degiee of 11. A. in EIIIIPIII JOH and
P.yeholog)
Margaret Sara Baker
Mrs Esther Chase Wood
For Degree of D. A. in History and
Political Science
Charles Dewey Pi utzman
For Degree of 11. A. in Modern Lan
guage and Literature
Clara J
Emma Ellen Stewart - -
For Degree of 11. S. in _lgricuilaral
Education
Edwin Vincent Bearer
For _Degree of B. S. In Animal -Hus
bandry
Conned Clever
Joseph Newton Robinson.
For Degree of B. S. in Agronomy
Geo: ge Francis
- Edmund Marcellus Shaulis _
Merle Eugene Zufall
For Degree of B. S. in Forestry
Beaman Garman Schanche
For _Degree of B. S. In Englncerbig
Jay Meyer Theo - , Mechanical Engi-
nee' nig
Ai thur Vl' . at (1 Mattel n, Electrical
Engineei
Arrange Interclass
Basketball Games
The interclass Basketball schedule
VA] he arranged during the latter part
of this week, and the managers hope to
have the contests start at as eat ly 'tate.
The Lat loos competttors for bet the on
the class teams ha\•c been WOlksng hard
tot the past few weeks and in about one
Aseek the teams will he picked. IL iv
probable that the inlet class games \sill
shit L idiom the latter Dal L of this month,
and continue until the schedule iii
played _ ta
Sevili al of the classes have already
elected captains, and Jimeson gill net
in this capacity fin the Seam, 5. The
Sophomore , : will elect their captain this
week, and the Freshman captain has til
t early been chosen II is not definitely
knot n alien the Junim s will elect
then leader
The Semis hate about eight or ten
men competing for the bet the and the
list includes Jimeson, Vogel, Donnelly
and Coolidge. The Juniors have. Eiehel
berger, Bowman, Stone, flaN Young
and Atoni c alt end v VIM/ ppting, and It
Is I/lob:04v that the nes.t %% ea will see
many anti c m the rnmpetittot,. The
Sophomoi es have idiom WelVe men
competing, and COI vm, Item d, ill um.
ha ugh, Campbell, and Menlli-
IRt ale among the list. The Vreshmen
tall igiv'e, the same imintel that e
sented them in the lb:Mk/hem ep.
gam,
All the teamq have pi omedng mate) -
nil and many good gamea van be looked
for thioughout the !,ehedillo The date
foi the Soph-Vi ...roan game will
he decided upon the. week.
EDMUND D. SOPER
CHAPEL. SPEAKER
The speaker fro Ihe ehapel service
and the Y. M C. A. vespei meeting at
6:30 11PN c Sunday will he Reverend
Edmund D. Soper, Pi ofessor of MiSSIOIth
111 I)' ow Sennnary at Neu Yin lc City.
The Rev. Mr Soper uas boon at
Tokyo, Japan, in ISM of Aim:dean
parents, coining to this country while
still a young man. lie graduated from
Dickinson College at Carlisle, in 1595.
and from that time imtil 1901 was Stu
dent Sem eta, y of the Pennsylvania.
State Y. Al. C. A. Flom 1905 to 1910,
he served as Field Seci elm y of the
Mission Educational Movement, and
was then Pi ofessor of Missions and
Comparative Religion at Ohio Wesleyan
university. Delaware, Ohio, u 4.
In that yeah', he 'resigned
and went. to New York, w
tered upon his present lutie